African Swine Fever (Asf) Feral Pig Task Group Report 2020
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AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) FERAL PIG TASK GROUP REPORT 2020 African swine fever – Feral Pig Task Group Report Contents Table Terms of Reference ...................................................................................................................... 1 Contact List .................................................................................................................................. 4 Mapping component .................................................................................................................. 10 Risk assessment ......................................................................................................................... 14 Principles and Practices Executive Summary ............................................................................... 23 Table of recommended principles and practices .......................................................................... 25 Critical factors for formulating response policy for ASF in feral pigs ............................................. 35 Pre-emptive culling .................................................................................................................... 39 Biosecurity and Communications ................................................................................................ 50 Movement Controls ................................................................................................................... 81 Destruction, Disposal and Decontamination (DDD) ...................................................................... 91 Surveillance and tracing............................................................................................................ 101 Diagnostics ............................................................................................................................... 128 Appendix ................................................................................................................................. 153 Terms of Reference A. Purpose The purpose of this Terms of Reference (ToR) document is to describe the governance arrangements and responsibility and scope for the members of the African swine fever – Feral Pig Task Group. B. Membership Chair Allison Crook Queensland AHC representative Government response jurisdictional representatives QLD Jonathan Lee / Mark Cozens NT Sue Fitzpatrick WA Graham Mackereth Victoria Clare Death / Di Phillips NSW Ofir Schwarzmann ACT Wendy Townsend SA Allison Crawley / Celia Dickason Commonwealth Andrew Breed 1 Industry partner representatives. NAQS Skye Fruean / Guy Weerasinghe AAHL Peter Durr WHA Tiggy Grillo Expertise based representatives Agriculture Victoria Jason Wishart CSIRO JCU Justin Perry ABARES Sandra Parsons PIRSA Annelise Wiebkin BQ Ted Vinson DPI NT Hayley Pearson DPI NSW Troy Crittle APDHA Mark Beattie / Ned Makin The membership of the Working Group may change over time as required and as agreed by Members. Members may delegate the meeting to an appropriate senior staff member where they are unavailable. The secretariat will be provided by Queensland and supported by AHC Secretariat. C. Objectives 1. Use the expertise of the group to share knowledge and resources to understand the impacts of the introduction of African swine fever (ASF) into the feral pig population in Australia and to guide response planning in the event of; i. confirmation of African swine fever in the feral pig population in Australia with potential spill over to farmed pigs. ii. confirmation of African swine fever in the farmed pig population in Australia with potential spill over to feral pigs. 2. Develop principles and practices that underpin the necessary activities in the feral pig population as part of the agreed AUSVETPLAN response policy on confirmation of ASF in Australia. 3. Determine the priority preparedness activities to address the risk pathways of ASF into the feral pig population in Australia, including specific advice on early detection activities, including surveillance and sampling and appropriate pre-emptive interventions. 4. Identify any targeted/specific communications requirements relevant to these priority activities. 5. Provide opinion on any referred key questions relevant to feral pig populations and ASF. D. Scope The scope of this Working Group is the provision of specific advice on the role of the feral pig population in Australia in the event of an ASF incursion to inform emergency animal disease response plans. If it becomes apparent that the work of the Task Group has been overtaken by other arrangements, the Task Group will cease and provide its inputs to the relevant body to continue the preparedness approach. 2 E. Funding There is no specific funding for the ASF feral pig preparedness Task Group or its activities. F. Operating Procedures 1. SCHEDULE Item Schedule Working Group The Working Group will meet regularly by teleconference as agreed meeting Agenda and The agenda and associated materials to be discussed at a meeting will be supporting distributed no later than three (3) working days prior to the scheduled meeting. material Meeting minutes The minutes of a meeting will be distributed no later than five (5) working days after the meeting has occurred. OOS papers Out of session papers may be circulated to Members at the discretion of the Chair. 2. GOVERNANCE AND REPORTING All parties can nominate agenda items for discussion and recommendation. The group will report to Animal Health Committee and provide contemporaneous briefings to the Environment and Invasives Committee. Both committees are sectoral committees under the National Biosecurity Committee. 3. CONFIDENTIALITY Details of discussions are to remain within the group unless required to fulfil the terms of reference. In cases where deliberations or resolutions are required to be transmitted outside of the group, they will be de-identified and/or approval sought from the group to release. Papers and resolutions are not intended for widespread distribution. However, these documents can be distributed outside the group to progress the business of the group and maintain communication with other groups as appropriate. In these cases, appropriate confidentiality is to be practised. 3 African swine fever – Feral Pig Task Group Contact List ASF feral pig task group members Name Company/position Email General Manager Animal Biosecurity and Welfare and Chief Veterinary Officer; Biosecurity Allison Crook - Task Queensland; Department of Agriculture and Group Chair Fisheries [email protected] Veterinary Officer; Biosecurity SA – Animal Health | Primary Industries and Regions SA - PIRSA; Allison Crawley Government of South Australia [email protected] Epidemiology and One Health Section | Animal Health Policy Branch | Animal Division; Andrew Breed Department of Agriculture and Water Resources [email protected] Annelise Wiebkin Primary Industries and Regions SA - PIRSA [email protected] Celia Dickason PIRSA [email protected] Principal Veterinary Officer | Livestock Quality Clare Death Assurance | Agriculture Victoria [email protected] David Champness Agriculture Victoria [email protected] Executive assistant, Biosecurity Queensland; Debbie Baxter Department of Agriculture and Fisheries [email protected] Animal Health & Welfare, BAS, Agriculture Dianne Phillips Victoria [email protected] African Swine Fever Program Lead; NSW Department of Primary Industries | Biosecurity & Eliz Braddon Food Safety [email protected] Veterinary Officer; Northern Region; Agriculture and Food; Department of Primary Industries and Graham Mackereth Regional Development; Western Australia [email protected] Veterinary Policy Officer | Animal Health Surveillance | Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS); Science and Surveillance Group Guy Weerasinghe | Biosecurity Operations Division, N.T. [email protected] African Swine Fever Policy Officer, Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and [email protected]; Hayley Pearson Resources [email protected] National Feral Pig Management Coordinator, Heather Channon Australian Pork Limited [email protected] Biosecurity Manager (Established Invasive Animals); Biosecurity and Agriculture Services Jason D Wishart Branch | Agriculture Victoria [email protected] 4 Principal Veterinary Officer; Biosecurity and Agriculture Services; Department of Jobs, Jaimie Hunnam Precincts and Regions; Agriculture Victoria [email protected] Principal Veterinary Officer – Operations; Animal Biosecurity and Welfare; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland Jonathan Lee Government [email protected] CSIRO Land and Water; Australian Tropical Justin Perry Science & Innovation Precinct [email protected] Kirsty Richards SunPork Solutions Mark Beattie Australian Pig Dog Hunters Association [email protected] Principal Veterinary Officer, Biosecurity Queensland; Department of Agriculture and Mark Cozens Fisheries [email protected] Veterinary Policy & Project Officer - Animal Biosecurity; NSW Department of Primary Ofir Schwarzmann Industries; Biosecurity & Food Safety [email protected] Veterinary epidemiologist; CSIRO-Australian Peter Durr Animal Health Laboratory [email protected] Regina Fogarty Veterinarian at Rivalea Pty Ltd [email protected]; Rupert Woods Chief Executive